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The Finance Minister, Bill English, has urged welfare agencies to come up with innovative ways of improving social services without looking for extra money. Audio

Shell service stations are changing their name. Audio

The police are reassuring Asian people they'll take whatever action they can over anti-Asian leaflets being put out by extreme right-wingers. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The families of two men locked up for an arson they didn't commit say they're being bullied again into accepting an apology and compensation from the Government. Audio

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has labelled China's human rights record deplorable. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The billionaire expatriate businessman Owen Glenn, says he's waiting to see how tough next week's budget will be, before deciding about any future political involvement. Audio

A jury in New Plymouth has been told a P-cook had no chance to defend himself when he was bludgeoned to death with hammers before being injected with morphine. Audio

The Government is moving to push more of the cost of KiwiSaver onto employers and workers, saving itself hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Audio

Misrata is a city under siege as the conflict between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces rages on. Audio

Despite extensive air searches by a New Zealand Airforce Orion and shoreline searches by the Kiribati police, there is still no sign of the six young people missing off the Kiribati coast. Audio